Farrakhan Named Person of the Year

If only this had been announced by Comedy Central, I might have been able to dismiss it as a not-so-funny joke. But, alas...

Firebrand Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan has been named "Person of the Year for 2005" in an online poll by the Black Entertainment Television network, beating out Oprah Winfrey, Sen. Barack Obama and BET founder Robert L. Johnson.

It's all here.

"An overwhelming percentage of our users agreed that Minister Farrakhan made the most positive impact on the black community over the past year," BET.com vice president Retha Hill told FinalCall.com, Farrakhan's own web site.

A positive impact. I wonder if that would be anything like the "impact" that Farrakhan claimed the Bush administration made on New Orleans levees to get rid of black people.

Probably not.

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